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Niches / Action Roguelike + Loot
Action Roguelike + Loot
Games tagged both Action Roguelike and Loot: 47 indie paid launches, 9 of them earned $100k+ in their first year.
Showing Action Roguelike + Loot priced $10 to $20, hiding samples under 30 launches. This filter changes the answer: at all prices the pair beats both its tags; priced $10 to $20 it has too few launches to read.
The pair's chance of a $100k+ first year beside each of its two tags, ranked like a high-score table, with typical earnings and the launches behind every figure.
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Each circle is one tag, sized by its launches, and the gold overlap is exactly this pair. Click a part to read it. Price changes the odds more than genre does (under $5: 0.5 in 100 launches earned $100k+; $20 to $40: 42.4 in 100), so read it within a price band.
The overlap is this niche: the 10 games tagged both Action Roguelike and Loot priced $10 to $20. 70.0 in 100 of them earned $100k+, against 25.2 for Action Roguelike-only games and 21.3 for Loot-only games, so games with both tags did better than games with either tag alone.
Both: 10 games priced $10 to $20; 70.0 in 100 earned $100k+, typical first-year earnings $490,105.
Circle areas follow launch counts; the gold overlap is exactly the pair's 10 launches. The outer parts are each tag's launches minus the pair's, so their chance is exact; their typical earnings are not computed yet.
Who leads this pair and each of its tags. Free until launch: one click opens the card. The full comparables list (nearest hits by tag pair, price and launch year) is not computed yet, and the card says so.
Top earner, share of the moneyFree until launch
Lens checkChanged recently. Standard: the yardstick. West-facing view: holds. Without the breakout: holds. Last 18 months: moves the answer.
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Nearest hits (similar games that earned $100k+, matched by tag pair, price and launch year): not computed yet.
Filters do not apply here yet. Leaders and shares are for all prices and the Standard view; per price band and per lens they are not computed yet.
The same figures with three kinds of games set aside: those with a mostly Chinese audience, the single biggest earner, and everything older than 18 months.
Action Roguelike + Loot is changed recently: Last 18 months moves the answer by more than a quarter. It holds in 2 of 3.
| This pair | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view43 of 47 launches | Without the breakout46 of 47 launches | Last 18 months28 of 47 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 479 hits | 438 hits | 468 hits | 285 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 19.1 in 100 | 18.6 in 100 | 17.4 in 100 | 17.9 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $2,123top tenth $545,353+ | $2,265 | $2,123 | $3,034 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -2.6%0.5 fewer in 100 | -8.9%1.7 fewer in 100 | -6.3%1.2 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +6.7%$142 more | 0.0%no change | +42.9%$911 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Moves the answer |
Every indie paid launch tagged both Action Roguelike and Loot, 6 to 30 months old: 47 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 4 of 47 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Megabonk (79.9% of the money): 46 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 28 of 47.
Action Roguelike holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Action Roguelike | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view1,862 of 1,947 launches | Without the breakout1,946 of 1,947 launches | Last 18 months1,082 of 1,947 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 1,947119 hits | 1,862110 hits | 1,946118 hits | 1,08257 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 5.9 in 1001 in 17 | 6.1 in 1001 in 16 | 5.3 in 1001 in 19 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $645top tenth $41,876+ | $666 | $645 | $534 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | -3.3%0.2 fewer in 100 | 0.0%no change | -13.1%0.8 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +3.3%$21 more | 0.0%no change | -17.2%$111 less |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Action Roguelike, 6 to 30 months old: 1,947 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 85 of 1,947 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Hades II (33.9% of the money): 1,946 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 1,082 of 1,947.
Loot holds in 3 of 3: every lens keeps the chance and typical earnings within a quarter of the standard figures.
| Loot | BaseStandardevery launch | West-facing view241 of 285 launches | Without the breakout284 of 285 launches | Last 18 months165 of 285 launches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launches counted | 28540 hits | 24135 hits | 28439 hits | 16521 hits |
| Earned $100k+ | 14.0 in 100 | 14.5 in 100 | 13.7 in 100 | 12.7 in 100 |
| Typical first-year earnings | $1,820top tenth $142,114+ | $1,920 | $1,820 | $2,265 |
| Chance against standard | the yardstick | +3.6%0.5 more in 100 | -2.1%0.3 fewer in 100 | -9.3%1.3 fewer in 100 |
| Typical against standard | the yardstick | +5.5%$100 more | 0.0%no change | +24.5%$445 more |
| Does it hold? | The base view | Holds | Holds | Holds |
Every indie paid launch tagged Loot, 6 to 30 months old: 285 launches.
Games mostly reviewed outside China. Drops games whose audience is mostly Chinese, meaning 35% or more of their reviews are in Simplified Chinese: 44 of 285 launches here. Review language is measured for games with 2,000+ reviews; smaller games are guessed from their names.
Drops the single biggest earner, Path of Exile 2 (67.8% of the money): 284 launches left.
Keeps only launches 18 months old or newer: 165 of 285.
A lens holds when chance and typical earnings both stay within 25% of standard. Lens figures by price band are not computed yet, so this table is for all prices.
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